This National Science Foundation project grant award of $133,963 provides funding from July 2023 through June 2026 to develop and evaluate two chemistry-based online modules focused on growth mindset and effective learning strategies interventions. The award recipient is the CSU Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation on behalf of California State University, Fullerton. The project aims to create online materials including interactive videos and reflective writing activities to teach growth...
This Project Grant award for $767,399.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports a collaborative research project titled "HSI Implementation & Evaluation Project: Structuralizing a Growth Mindset Assessment Strategy in an Undergraduate General Chemistry Curriculum." The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: 1) Training workshops for faculty instructors; 2) Implementation of a mastery outcomes...
The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded Portland State University a $167,533 Project Grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to measure chemistry-specific mindset beliefs of students in undergraduate chemistry courses from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. As part of the NSF's mission to ensure the vitality of the Nation's STEM education enterprise, this grant will fund Portland State University's work to develop an assessment tool to measure...
This $301,013 National Science Foundation project grant aims to improve student success and equity in introductory biology courses through growth mindset interventions. The NSF Division of Undergraduate Education awarded this grant under the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education program on February 1, 2022 for a completion date of January 31, 2025. Washington State University will develop, implement, and assess short and long-term outcomes of customized student-driven and faculty-driven...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program, titled "Promoting the Self-Regulated Use of Effective Learning Strategies in Gateway Undergraduate STEM Courses", provides $138,000 to support research investigating the effectiveness of a multi-component strategy training intervention on student learning and achievement in undergraduate chemistry and biology courses. The grant sponsors two large-scale experiments at Texas...
This Project Grant award of $213,826 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to investigate the impact of perceived costs on student achievement and retention in organic chemistry courses, with a focus on historically marginalized student populations. The research project will employ a mixed-methods approach, combining qualitative and quantitative analyses to explore the relationship between perceived costs, student motivation, and course...
This $300,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of online learning modules to improve retention of STEM students at the City University of New York. Led by the Research Foundation of the City University of New York in partnership with the university system, the three-year project aims to design, implement, and refine eight modules focused on building students' sense of belonging and self-regulated learning skills. The modules will be piloted in two required civil...
This $399,988 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to develop and test technology-based interventions to help introductory biology students improve self-regulation and learning. The project, led by the University of Colorado, will engage over 2,000 introductory biology students annually in reflective practices focused on motivation, metacognition, and self-regulation. The interventions will be integrated into a...
This $197,819 Project Grant, awarded on October 1, 2023 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through its STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, aims to develop undergraduate chemistry students' competency in scientific practices and their self-efficacy in carrying out those practices. The project team, consisting of researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and California State University, Fullerton, plans to implement a novel approach to engaging chemistry learners in science...
This $172,921 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports research and development to improve organic chemistry education. The University of Northern Colorado will conduct three studies and develop instructional materials to better understand how undergraduate students learn from and apply different molecular representations in organic chemistry problem solving. Specifically, the university will randomly assign problem sets using chemical...